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Afghan smugglers arrested in UK face extradition to Belgium over human trafficking and sexual assault
Two Afghan small boat people smugglers who raped and blackmailed their victims with the footage, are facing extradition to Belgium.
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First UK-Kurdistan Region operation targets migrant smuggling ring linked to Europe
First U.K.-Kurdistan Region of Iraq operation targets smuggling ring linked to perilous migrant journeys across Europe.
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Global investigation uncovers alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network
UK and foreign law enforcement agencies say networks laundered cash and cryptocurrencies for organised crime gangs across the west
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Terror suspect on FBI’s most wanted list arrested in North Wales
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, is said to have ties to animal-rights group behind three bombings in 2003
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’Detailed prison maps’ leak on the dark web, raising concerns about potential jail escapes
The National Crime Agency has launched an investigation into a massive leak of prison layouts online amid fears they could be used to help prisoners escape.
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Man suspected of supplying boats to people smugglers arrested in Amsterdam
Turkish national accused of supplying engines and boats to cross-Channel smugglers in Belgium and northern France
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Luxembourg bank deemed "central" to purchasing luxury British real estate with embezzled Azerbaijan funds, U.K. police report
The U.K.’s National Crime Agency successfully argued in a High Court case in London that accounts at the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg were used to move millions from a high profile embezzlement case in Azerbaijan into expensive properties.
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Massive cocaine haul seized from fishing boat off Kent coast; four men detained
Four men have been arrested after nearly 400kg of cocaine was found on a fishing boat off the Kent coast
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Iranian man, called ’the best smuggler,’ convicted for aiding migrants in crossing the Channel
A video captures National Crime Agency officers raiding Amanj Hasan Zada’s terrace house in Preston and arresting him.
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Dangerous new drugs detected in counterfeit medicines in the UK
Super-strength drugs linked to hundreds of deaths have been found in samples of fake medicines bought across the UK, the BBC can reveal.
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£40 million worth of cocaine found in inflatable boat on UK beach; six arrested in connection with 500kg haul
A £40million stash of cocaine hidden on an inflatable boat off the West Sussex coast has been uncovered by investigators.
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Teenager arrested over London transport cyberattack
A teenager has been arrested following a cyberattack on London’s public transport body last week in which some personal customer data was accessed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Thursday.
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Website operators promised fraudsters quick profits if they subscribed to illegal services
Three men have pleaded guilty to running a website enabling criminals to circumvent banking anti-fraud checks.
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The men responsible for a $51 million cocaine haul have been convicted following a failed escape attempt
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) stated that Border Force officers intercepted Bruce Knowles, 55, and Ferhat Gumrukcuoglu, 31, near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk in late June, as they tried to swim away from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat loaded with drugs.
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Ransomware kingpin extradited to U.S., now faces decades in prison
Poland has extradited a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercrime suspect to the United States, where he could face decades in prison for allegedly masterminding a global ransomware and wire fraud scheme under the alias “J.P. Morgan.”
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UK: Ringleader of cocaine smuggling gang using bananas convicted
The ringleader of an organized crime group that tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.K. via a container of bananas was convicted Wednesday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) reported.